No relation to the Sandra Bullock movie

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2004)

One of those damned pesky incurable virus', playfully nicknamed "rage", starts running rampant through the world, turning people into mindless, blood thirsty animals. Our quote unquote "hero" Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up in a hospital and wanders around looking for help and eventually runs into the mannish Selena (Naomie Harris) and Mark (Noah Huntley). Mark is later killed when he is suspected of being infected and later Jim and Selena run into a lovable family man named Frank (Brendan Gleeson) and his daughter Hannah (Megan Burns). Together they make a trek to find some army guys who might help them, but Frank is gunned down after he becomes infected and later on we find out that most of the soldiers are horny bastards, which puts them and their leader Major Henry West (Christopher Eccleston) at odds with Jim. Well, Jim eventually uses his wits to overcome the evil soldiers and escapes with Selena and Hannah, and they eventually get rescued or at least alluded to getting rescued.
It could be argued that this really isn't a zombie film, seeing as how zombies are resurrected corpses and these are once living people who have been turned into killers thanks to the virus.
It's pretty fun to watch overall, with lots of dark atmosphere and a moody score, though it runs out of a steam a little bit towards the end. In terms of actual acting, well, the truth is that cold fish Cillian Murphy and the rest of the cast are all easily out-shined and out-acted by Brendan Gleeson as the teddy bearish father Frank. I'm sorry but Brendan Gleeson brought a warmth and humanity to the film that made it a lot more compelling when he was on the screen. Once we lose him though the film becomes a tad boring, but only a tad.